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Harvey: You gave me your word you'd stay out of that prison case!Mike: Harvey–Harvey: You're gonna stand there and tell me you're not working on it? Because Oscar Reyes told me you deserve a medal for what you're doing for him.Mike: Harvey, I meant to let the clinic handle it. Okay? It just turned out this thing is bigger than we thought.Harvey: I don't care if turned into the trial of the century. We had an agreement.

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Overview

Mike deals with the blowback on his prison case; Harvey tries to tell Donna about his relationship with Paula; Louis' past behavior comes back to haunt him.

Synopsis

Mike and Oliver visit Frank Gallo, who tips them off to a prosecutor who was going to bring a similar case involving him, but was forced to drop it. Rachel later has to lie to Harvey to cover for where Mike is that day, making her furious. Harvey finds out anyway when Gallo calls Donna, saying Harvey and Mike had better not try to screw him this time. Meanwhile, Louis is hit with a sexual harassment lawsuit from Stephanie, the fourth-year associate whom Donna fired. Katrina tries to help by visiting Stephanie, who is a former colleague, but it still results in Louis needing to admit guilt. Louis eventually apologizes to Stephanie, telling her about losing his chance to be a father, only to find out his words also hit close to home with her. Elsewhere, Harvey tells Donna about dating Paula. Donna tells him she already knew, but later admits to Rachel that she didn't know, making her think she's slipping. The pre-trial for the prison case goes sour when Alex shows up in court and calls out Mike, who is sitting in the back to support Oliver, forcing Mike to admit he violated conflict of interest and causing the case to be thrown out. Harvey appears to take Alex's side in a fight with Mike, but later visits Alex and demands, "Tell me what's really going on."

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Major/Highlighted Events

Harvey finds out that Mike is lying to him about working on the prison case, and orders Mike to drop it. However, Alex Williams discovers that Mike was violating his agreement and bursts into the courtroom, notifying the judge and thus getting the settlement thrown out.

Mike lashes out against Alex in Harvey's presence. However, Harvey mulls over Mike's words and realizes Alex did what he did because Alex is somehow involved in the situation, and asks Alex to tell him the truth.

Harvey is told by Paula to notify Donna that they are dating, which bothers Donna. Donna and Harvey then share a conversation, with Donna telling Harvey that she is happy for him and returning his apartment key.

Stephanie Patel files a sexual harassment lawsuit against Louis Litt, although Louis manages to get her to drop the suit when he apologizes and explains why he acted the way he did. He also makes amends with Brian Altman and allows him time to be a father and an associate

Quotes

Harvey: What the hell are you doing with Frank Gallo?Mike: Harvey...Harvey: Don't pretend like you don't know. He just left me a message asking me to make sure that you don't fuck him over.

Oliver: What are you doing here? Thought you weren't supposed to have anything to do with this anymore.Mike: I'm not. But there's nothing in that agreement that says I can't come watch my friend Oliver kick some ass in court.Oliver: Strap the hell in. 'Cause this motherfucker is going down.